Three days after Christmas, another Important solemnity was celebrated in Bethlehem: that of the Holy Innocents. On 28th December, the Church recalls the episode in the Gospel according to Matthew (2,1-16), which narrates the massacre of all the children of Bethlehem aged two years and under, ordered by King Herod in the attempt to kill Jesus, after having been informed by the Three Magi of the birth of the Messiah. The solemnity took place in the place where tradition puts […]
RIZEQ and HANNA Boys Home - Bethlehem "I am very happy with everything. All the things they gave us at the Boys Home are beautiful. The gifts are nice. And studying is beautiful... everything is beautiful!" For more than 14 years the Boys Home of Bethlehem takes care of those children, whose story should be told in itself, with severe social hardship and economic problems. But among these great difficulties, the charity of the Franciscan friars comes to bring hope, […]
